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This week I had the honor of presenting two sessions at the IT/Dev Connections conference in Las Vegas. My two sessions were Manage SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server Core with PowerShell and Manage SQL Server Efficiently with PowerShell Remoting . I think Read More...

This morning I presented my session Manage SQL Server System and Performance Data with PowerShell at Tech Ed NA in New Orleans. We had a good sized audience who were very responsive and had many great questions. I had a great time presenting and the feedback Read More...

While I was on vacation last week in Scotland Simple Talk published a new article I wrote called Backup and Restore SQL Server with the SQL Server 2012 PowerShell cmdlets. Hope you have as much fun with it as I did writing it. Allen Read More...

This T-SQL Tuesday is about using PowerShell to do something with SQL Server. Now, if you've read any of my blog posts you probably know I've been using PowerShell to do things with SQL Server for a while now, but I'm glad Wayne decided on this topic Read More...

After a great time at the PASS Summit in Seattle I'll be once again presenting on PowerShell for SQL Server at SQL Saturday #173 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. On Friday, December 7 I'll be presenting my full day session Automate and Manage SQL Server with Read More...

On Tuesday I presented an all-day pre-conference session on using PowerShell to automate and manage SQL Server. It was a very full day and we had a lot of great questions. One discussion in Module 6 was around scripting all the objects in a database, Read More...

Next week is the annual PASS Summit , the event of the year for those of us in the SQL Server community. We get to see our old friends, make new friends, and learn an amazing amount about SQL Server, and it'll be in Seattle, so it's close to the mother Read More...

One of the most important things you can do as a DBA is to keep tabs on the errors reported in the error log, but there's a lot of information there and sometimes it's hard to find the 'good stuff'. You can open the errorlog file directly in a text editor Read More...

Thanks to everyone who came out for the session today. It was a lot of fun and I hope you had a great experience as well. I've attached the demo scripts and slide deck to this post, and I look forward to seeing you in November at the PASS Summit! Alle Read More...

There's so much to learn to be effective with SQL Server, and you have an opportunity to immerse yourselves in 24 hours of free technical training this week from PASS, via the 24 Hours of PASS event. I'll be presenting an introductory session on PowerShell Read More...

As I drove to Dallas for this year's SQL Rally conference (yes, I like to drive) I got a call asking if I could step in for another presenter who had to cancel at the last minute. Life happens, and it's best to be flexible, and I said sure, I can do that. Read More...

I'm nearing the end of a SQL Server upgrade project, migrating from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008 R2. The company uses SQL Server Agent to run about 150 jobs which execute DTS packages to do the work of moving data around. Now, there are any number Read More...

Yesterday I delivered a session on maintaining a system inventory and gathering performance data with PowerShell. The session went well and I had great questions and I'd like to thank everyone who attended the session. I've attached the slides and demo Read More...

There's a lot of excitement in the SQL Server world right now, with the RTM (Release to Manufacturing) release of SQL Server 2012 , and the availability of SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) . My personal speaking schedule has exploded as well. Just this past Read More...

In yesterday's post I showed you how I set up performance data gathering in an environment where I can't directly update my analysis database. Today I'll show you how I load that data into SQL Server for the analysis. First, I create tables to contain Read More...